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Method and client module for use in a multimedia system

a multimedia system and client module technology, applied in the field of communication systems, can solve the problems of no cost savings with such an in-home local area network, and the cost of a network card is at least as high

Inactive Publication Date: 2015-03-26
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Benefits of technology

Enables cost-effective, independent access to multimedia sources for multiple devices within a household, supporting entertainment data transmissions without the need for special wiring, thereby offering additional services and reducing costs.

Problems solved by technology

Currently, the cost of a network card is at least as expensive as a 56K modem thus, there is no cost savings with such an in-home local area network.

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[0085]Generally, the present invention provides a method and apparatus for channel mixing within a multimedia system. Such a method and apparatus includes processing that begins by receiving a set of channels as encoded channel data. The set of channels corresponds to the channels that have been selected by a plurality of clients via selection requests. The processing continues by interpreting the encoded data to identify a channel of interest for at least one client based on the client's channel selection request. This is typically done for each client that has provided a channel selection request to a multimedia server. The processing then continues by processing the data of the channel of interest based on a type of channel to produce generic data. For example, if the incoming data corresponds to a channel of a satellite transmission, the incoming data will be in a MPEG format. The MPEG data is converted into a generic video data such as digital RGB, digital YCBCR, et cetera. The...

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Abstract

A multimedia server receives a plurality of programs of a multimedia source. The multimedia server includes a tuning module to receive the plurality of programs and to select a set of programs from the plurality of programs based on a set of program select commands that is derived from select requests. A program mixer mixes the set of programs into a stream of program data. One or more transceiving modules transmit the stream of program data on to corresponding communication paths and receive the select requests. A client module produces the select requests for one or more clients. The client module includes a selection module to produce at least one of the select requests. A network interface controller transmits at least one of select requests to the multimedia server and receives the stream of program data via the communication path or paths in response.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present U.S. Utility patent application claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §120 as a continuation of U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 12 / 246,375, entitled “MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM AND SERVER AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH”, filed Oct. 6, 2008, which is a continuation of U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 09 / 865,136, entitled “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHANNEL MIXING IN A MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM”, filed May 24, 2001, both of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entirety and made part of the present U.S. Utility patent application for all purposes.[0002]The present application is further related to the following:[0003]U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 09 / 864,524, entitled, “METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM”, filed on May 24, 2001, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,099,951 on Aug. 29, 2006;[0004]U.S. Utility application Ser. No. 09 / 864,602, entitled “METHOD AND APPARATUS OF MULTIPLEXING A PLURALITY OF CHANNELS IN A MULTIME...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04N21/472H04N21/6587H04N21/61H04N21/258H04N21/643
CPCH04N21/47202H04N21/25875H04N21/6587H04N21/6175H04N21/64322H04N7/163H04N21/21H04N21/23H04N21/43615H04N21/43637H04N21/41265H04N21/4542H04N21/234309H04N21/234363H04N21/2393H04N21/25816H04N21/41407H04N21/4363H04N21/440263H04N21/4826H04N21/6181H04N21/2143H04N21/6168H04N21/234H04N21/4383H04N21/44H04N21/4532H04N21/472
Inventor LAKSONO, INDRA
Owner PIXELWORKS